The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-09-15


took the message, glanced frowningly
at the turnkey and then withdrew to the
darker end of the cell. In two minutes
or so he called gently to the old man,
who sits outside his door as death
watch and asked him to hand the vel
low telegram sheet to Parsons. From
him it went to all the others, and at last
reached Neebe, who is only under SEN
tence of imprisonment. Newspaper
reporters had been vigorously shut out
from the condemned men and all OBJ
servations had to be taken from outside
the cage, ten yards from the cell doors.
1t could be seen that each of the con-
demned men made ostentatious efforts
at GOODNESS and bravado. They took
SET is at their cell doors, and read news
papers and books, and smoked cigars,
etc. Ling. the bomb maker. whlsued.
Their wives and friends had been with
them for an hour during the morning,
but about thirty minutes before the
news came they were excluded, and the
prisoners locked up, each by himself.
Sheriff Matson had remained away from
the Jail. By his orders, during the
night the guards had been doubled.
Including the court bailiffs, there are
twenty of the sheritf's men on duty, ten
turkeys and guards that are on regu-
lar duty at the jail and six policemen,
who patrolled the alleys on the outside.
Captain Setback brought with him four
detectives this morning who are
stationed in the jail court. Upon Cap
tain Setback the protection of the jail
devolves. He processes to experience no
uneasiness from any attempts to break
into the jail and says he has taken every
precaution.
OTTAWA, ILL.,, September 14.-The An
archists had no counsel here to repre-
sent them before the court, as the de-
cision was announced and no steps
were taken in their behalf. They have
fifteen days to file a motion for re-
hearing, and thirty days from the close
of the term to file petition in support
thereof. This will not act as stay of
sentence and they will have to show
very strong grounds before the court
would consent to issue stay OF eXecu-
ton.
A reporter was Captain Blacks first
informant of the decision. During the
moment occupied in giving the An
archist's senior counsel the dread in
formation, his face was study. His
under jaw dropped down, his right
hand went up to his forehead with a
lightning jerk, and the captain
gasped. is it possible2 Seven men to
hang!" Great as was his apparent sur
prise, his manifestation of disappoint
ment was greater 1.-The only remain
ing course for US to pursue" he said,
lis to take the case to the United States
Supreme Court. Ishall go Immediately
before the Supreme Court at Ottawa
and ask for reasonable time to secure q
certified record for presentation to the
Supreme Court at Washington. Such
proceedings are rare, but have no
doubt of the courts decision on that
point" and Captain Black arose and
paced the floor with long strides, re-
fusiug to talk further.
THE OPINION OF THE COURT,
OTTAWA, Ills, September Follow
ing is a synopsis of the opinion by JUS
tice Magruder. Citing the case and its
origin. Judge Magruder, speaking ably
for himself and the court, says in sub
stance. quoting much of the testimony ::
About the lst of May, 1886, the work
ing men of Chicago and other industrial
centres were generally worked upon by
outside influence and greatly excited,
especially on the eight-hOur movement.
In the midst of this excitement a meet
ing was held May 9Th, 1886, at the Hay
market, and it was addressed by de-
PENDANTS Spies, Parsons and Fielden,
and while the latter was making his
closing speech at some time between 10
and IL o clock in the evening, several
companies of policemen, numbering $50
men, marched into the crowd from the
station on Desplaines Street and or
n cot Sfnnno1 A oS
the order was given some one threw a
bomb. The plaintiffs in error are
charged with being accessories be-
fore the fact There are sixty
eight counts in the Indictment,
and these charge the eight defendants
with being present and abetting, and
some of them say they advised and en-
couraged these lawless acts" The
court then quotes chapter 38, division 3,
sections and 3, of the Revised Statutes
of the State of Illinois, and the judge
says: If the defendants advised and
encouraged, aided or abetted, in the
killing of the policemen, they are az
guilty as if they had taken these mems
life in their own hands. If any of them
stood by and saw or aided in the
throwing of the fatal bomb, each of the
aiders and abetters is as guilty as
he who did the fatal deed.
1t is charged that the defendants were
united and had conspired to do this
awful work, and that their common
design was fulfilled. The opening
shows that while not perhaps a combi-
nation of the same culprits, there was
desire on their several parts and pur-
poses to accomplish the same. The
questions presented are: Did the
defendants have common purpose or
design to murder these police2 Did
they combine for that purpose, and was
the result of such combination the
result of death to men, or were they
guardians of the law? The answer
is who made the bombs that
killed Deggen2 The bomb was round
-'as big as a baseball says a credit
able witness, and witness says, L saw
the bomb and know it was a round
bomb ="
The Court follows in the description
of the various bombs in use or known
to the Anarchists science. correctly
mentioning four different varieties of
these destructive compounds, and con-
Guiding that this one, the most deadly
of them all, was made by Louis Lingg,
and Judging from what had been found
in his DossasSiOD and his apnuai ntanoo